Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-15
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THE DAKOTA OUTRAGE.
A Succinct Statement oil the Case-An
Issue for the Country,

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A Succinct Statement OF the Case-An
Issue for the Country,
Ottumwa lIowa) Courier: From the
early history Of the public the slave
holding portion OF this nation commence
ed a struggle over the admission OF new
states into the union, as to the fleet their
admission would have on the question Of
slavery. There was q startling crisis j d
1920 over tho admission of Missouri and
Maine, and not untll they could come in
togetht was the threatening storm
ailavtd.
Nowsthat the old slave holding soath
Is Is ain at the helm III the democratlc
party, it's old jealousy returns about
the admission Of the now north
ern states. We might say it is guilty
of greater wrongs row than it used to
dc. Dix iiaut 10. there WHs never, IN the
history OF b country, so great an out
rage prepetrated against the people OF q
terri DRY as there has been perpetrated
againat the people OF Dakota,
except in tAs single instance
of Kansas. The outrage on Kansas was
different in it's nature and more heinous
but.neyer was SO many people denied
the right OF etate organization as has
been the case with Dakota. As early as i,
1871, the people of Dakota. though
their Il gislature, petitiensd congress to
divide the territory on the 46th parallel.
Seven legislatures, six political conven-
tiona Of both parties and five conven-
tions OF people have petitioned for the
same thing. OF course, at first the peo4
pie OF the territory were few and there
was no necessity for two territories, but
in the last ysars the population has in-
creased rapidly until there are now said
to be 100000 people in Dakota, and the
democratic party has for five years,
through the house of representatives,,
which iit has held, deliberately deprived
the people Of the territory OF self-gov-
eminent.
The Territory contains 10000 square
miles. The average Size OF the states oil
the union is 55. 900 square miles. The
great portion OF the population lies
south Of the parallel of AS, say {. O0O
Iof the 100000. The whole people prsc-
ticAlly are and always have been q unit
on q division into two territories. Two
states of $4,000, square miles each can be
carved out Of Dakota and each be q great
deal larger than Iowa. South Dakota
has more people to-day than two states
OF the union, and more people than any
territory cyer had when it was admitted
anto the union. This was the case a
year ago, two years ago and ever four
years age. The democratic party have
simply committed an act OF high-hand-
ed tyranny in keeping south Dakota out
OF the union. Her people have suffered
great loss BY this act. Dakota now has
Blk lines of railway within her borders
1 OEQ hot ta ox inno.,k4J * .n-iIr- --:'
velsities, ZIG newspapers, 1912 postofi-
cratic party holds her soc, 0 people,
Igress as a colony. Still this democratic
Lparty lie lavish in its sympathy fo. the
Impressed people Of the Emerald Isle.
E=Er=. tan pss:ss:. ss::s:s; ;s Is Gssd6
of men and parties that tell the truth,
Within Dakota there are 1000, 600
acres Of public lands set apart for school
purposes. But these cannot be utilized
until statehood comes and the people
are now building up and SUSTAINING
their schools out of their own pockets.
They have sig judges III the territory,
one to 5000 square miles, and
they can't do the bnsiness--it is inn
possible. and go the people of the terri
tory year after year are hampered, in
iured and abused by q party that howis
big Tor Irish home ruls, and which has
items OF thousands of deluded Irishmen
within it's ranks voting its ticket. Many
seem to RrayItate to that party OF free
trade, slaveocraey andwhisky as naturally
% water to run down hill, and yet free
trade, under British domination, and
whisky have been the very causes that
laid In sack cloth and ashes their native
| land.